Kenny Wallace believes that NASCAR returning to Chicagoland for the 2026 Cup Series season is a good move for the sport. In his Coffee With Kenny video, Wallace reacted to the news of NASCAR reportedly replacing Mexico City with Chicagoland. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is just what the doctor ordered,\u201d Kenny Wallace said.<\/a> \u201cI love this idea because this is what they do in Lincoln, Illinois, for the dirt track. This is what they do at Brownstown. Run about once a month. If you race less at that track, the fans will like it more because they can\u2019t bitch as much.\u201d<\/p>\n Wallace went on to say the Chicagoland \u201cis a beautiful racetrack,\u201d but it\u2019s \u201cin a bad area.\u201d Chicagoland is in Joliet, which is a \u201cvery commercialized area,\u201d but Wallace added, \u201cI think everybody is going to like this one.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cThis will be a good way to compare between the amount of people and compare the TV ratings to the city of Chicago,\u201d Wallace stated. \u201cThere\u2019s still thinking that they might go back to the Chicago Street Course one day. That deal is not dead for some reason. So let\u2019s see when we go to Chicagoland Speedway, let\u2019s see how many people are in the grandstands, and let\u2019s see the TV ratings.\u201d<\/p>\n Chicagoland will need around $4 million in improvements<\/p>\n